VFS: Make link_path_walk set LOOKUP_CONTINUE before calling permissio…

…n(). This will allow nfs_permission() to perform additional optimizations when walking the path, by folding the ACCESS(MAY_EXEC) call on the directory into the lookup revalidation. Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <[email protected]>
niw · Oct 18, 2005 · cdce5d6 · cdce5d6
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commit cdce5d6
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diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
@@ -763,6 +763,7 @@ static fastcall int __link_path_walk(const char * name, struct nameidata *nd)
 		struct qstr this;
 		unsigned int c;
 
+		nd->flags |= LOOKUP_CONTINUE;
 		err = exec_permission_lite(inode, nd);
 		if (err == -EAGAIN) { 
 			err = permission(inode, MAY_EXEC, nd);
@@ -815,7 +816,6 @@ static fastcall int __link_path_walk(const char * name, struct nameidata *nd)
 			if (err < 0)
 				break;
 		}
-		nd->flags |= LOOKUP_CONTINUE;
 		/* This does the actual lookups.. */
 		err = do_lookup(nd, &this, &next);
 		if (err)